FIT BCBA COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals with its owner.
When a dog appears on the television screen and begins to stand on its
hind legs so too does the pet dog. In this example, the dog movie star on
screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog serves as a(n)
____________.
A)Planned model; imitator
B)Unplanned model; imitator
C)Imitator; unplanned model
D)Imitator; planned model. Answer: B
◉ You are working with an elderly man who frequently gives out his
private contact information (phone number, address, etc) to random
people because he does not understand the risks of giving out personal
information to others. You help him make a list of people he can give
personal information to, which includes only family and friends.
Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal information to is an
example of:
,A)Stimulus maintenance
B)Stimulus generalization
C)Stimulus equivalence
D)Stimulus discrimination. Answer: D
◉ The completion of one step in a behavioral chain always results in:
A)token reinforcers.
B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step of the behavior
chain (except during the last step)
.C)the ability to do so correctly in the future.
D)social praise. Answer: B
◉ When using punishment, the person delivering the punishment
should:
A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at least at first, to avoid
the learner having strong emotional responses.
B)start with very mild punishment and increase the magnitude of
punishment each time it is delivered so that it decreases the learner's
motivation to repeat the punished behavior.
C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is possible, to
maximize its effectiveness.
,D)(None of the above). Answer: C
◉ marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, each containing 2
marksmen. Each marksman gets to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye
target down the firing range. Then, each 2-marksman group finds the
mean distance of their groups shots from the center of the bullseye by
adding the distances from the center of the bullseye to where they hit on
the target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest average distance
from the bullseye (that hit closest to the bullseye on average per hit) gets
to go home early (a reward). What type of group contingency is this?
A)The Good Behavior Game
B)A dependent group contingency
C)An interdependent group contingency
D)An independent group contingency. Answer: C
◉ Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company for a few
years. He is well-known and well-liked by his coworkers and
supervisees. He has supervised several BCBA® candidates while at this
company and each of them have become behavior analyst themselves.
Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new BCBA® candidate at
his company. Before providing supervision, what should Dennis
provide?
A)a written description of the purpose of providing supervision and the
requirements and expectations of the supervisee.
, B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the performance of the
supervisee.
C)(Both A and B)
D)Dennis does not need to provide any information, he is well-known at
his company and his company has already told the BCBA® candidate
what to expect. Answer: C
◉ When using incidental teaching, the therapist should:
A)reinforce every correct response, even if the response was prompted.
B)reinforce every response, whether it is correct or not.
C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and withhold
reinforcement for every prompted correct response.
D)(None of the above). Answer: A
◉ When teaching echoics, it is crucial that the learner has:
A)high motivation for the word he is echoing.
B)a verbally imitative repertoire.
C)already learned how to tact that item.
D)(None of the above). Answer: B
◉ What type of graph is this?
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ A dog is watching a movie filled with other animals with its owner.
When a dog appears on the television screen and begins to stand on its
hind legs so too does the pet dog. In this example, the dog movie star on
screen serves as a(n) ___________ and the pet dog serves as a(n)
____________.
A)Planned model; imitator
B)Unplanned model; imitator
C)Imitator; unplanned model
D)Imitator; planned model. Answer: B
◉ You are working with an elderly man who frequently gives out his
private contact information (phone number, address, etc) to random
people because he does not understand the risks of giving out personal
information to others. You help him make a list of people he can give
personal information to, which includes only family and friends.
Making a list of ONLY people he can give personal information to is an
example of:
,A)Stimulus maintenance
B)Stimulus generalization
C)Stimulus equivalence
D)Stimulus discrimination. Answer: D
◉ The completion of one step in a behavioral chain always results in:
A)token reinforcers.
B)a discriminative stimulus to complete the next step of the behavior
chain (except during the last step)
.C)the ability to do so correctly in the future.
D)social praise. Answer: B
◉ When using punishment, the person delivering the punishment
should:
A)deliver the punishing stimulus intermittently, at least at first, to avoid
the learner having strong emotional responses.
B)start with very mild punishment and increase the magnitude of
punishment each time it is delivered so that it decreases the learner's
motivation to repeat the punished behavior.
C)deliver the punishment immediately, whenever it is possible, to
maximize its effectiveness.
,D)(None of the above). Answer: C
◉ marksman team is split up into 4 different groups, each containing 2
marksmen. Each marksman gets to shoot their firearm once at a bullseye
target down the firing range. Then, each 2-marksman group finds the
mean distance of their groups shots from the center of the bullseye by
adding the distances from the center of the bullseye to where they hit on
the target, divided by 2. The group that has the smallest average distance
from the bullseye (that hit closest to the bullseye on average per hit) gets
to go home early (a reward). What type of group contingency is this?
A)The Good Behavior Game
B)A dependent group contingency
C)An interdependent group contingency
D)An independent group contingency. Answer: C
◉ Dennis is a BCBA® who has worked with his company for a few
years. He is well-known and well-liked by his coworkers and
supervisees. He has supervised several BCBA® candidates while at this
company and each of them have become behavior analyst themselves.
Today Dennis has been asked to supervise a new BCBA® candidate at
his company. Before providing supervision, what should Dennis
provide?
A)a written description of the purpose of providing supervision and the
requirements and expectations of the supervisee.
, B)the criteria that will be used to evaluate the performance of the
supervisee.
C)(Both A and B)
D)Dennis does not need to provide any information, he is well-known at
his company and his company has already told the BCBA® candidate
what to expect. Answer: C
◉ When using incidental teaching, the therapist should:
A)reinforce every correct response, even if the response was prompted.
B)reinforce every response, whether it is correct or not.
C)reinforce every unprompted correct response and withhold
reinforcement for every prompted correct response.
D)(None of the above). Answer: A
◉ When teaching echoics, it is crucial that the learner has:
A)high motivation for the word he is echoing.
B)a verbally imitative repertoire.
C)already learned how to tact that item.
D)(None of the above). Answer: B
◉ What type of graph is this?
